The Ultimate FD Podcast

BUDGET BREAKDOWN 2023 TAX TALKS: BUDGET BREAKDOWN 2023 The 2023 UK budget has been announced with a few surprises. In this episode we break down exactly what it means for you as an entrepreneur from a tax perspective so you can get ahead of the game and avoid paying extra tax! We are joined by special guest, chartered tax advisor Tej Gill as he shares insider analysis on what the announcements mea...

MARKETING THAT PAYS - VIP EXPERT CHRIS MOSS Most entrepreneurs are spending £1,000s on marketing that will yield no results, get no new clients, and not add any top line revenue to the business! There are however a select few entrepreneurs that with a small budget become Oversubscribed whereby they cannot actually cater for the number of clients that want to work with them. This is where you want...

FROM £800K TO £30M  MEET THE ENTREPRENEUR WHO WANTS TO CREATE 1,000 MILLIONAIRES Rune Sovndahl is serial entrepreneur, best selling author, and the co-founder of multi million global business Fantastic Services which in 14 years went from £800k revenue to a whopping £30 MILLION! Most entrepreneurs think far too small and underestimate the value in the ability to create a finely oiled machine that...

GENIUS FAMILY TAX HACKS  FANCY £100K INCOME TAX FREE? Most entrepreneurs are wasting £1,000s per year on unnecessary tax!!! In this episode, we are joined by Tej Gil for Tax Talks where we share simple yet genius family tax hacks which have potential to DRAMATICALLY reduce your tax bill legitimately this year, particularly if you have kids. We are taking this to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. It is not how mu...

FROM FINANCIAL STRUGGLE TO FAMILY TIME  WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU REALISE ALL YOUR HARD WORK HAS AMOUNTED TO NOTHING? In this episode I am joined by special guest, long standing friend and client Mr Chris McDermott who experienced a huge wake up call a few years ago when he realised his portfolio of 6 properties was far from profitable. Fast forward 3 years and he has a lucrative business that provi...

SIX ROUNDS WITH DANIEL HILL Daniel Hill is a serial award winner and founder of the multi-million-pound PPN UK Group. You need to listen to this! Behind the scenes with Daniel Hill. Get his views on the most diverse of topics, both personal and professional. Understand what it is like to actually be a high performer in practice and experience the realities of being a successful entrepreneur. In Si...

MONEY GROWTH & BEING AWESOME - 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS Huw is an expert in personal finance becoming financially independent through investments at the tender age of 34. He is now giving back to people that are like his younger self to 'wake them up' and help them achieve the same. Personal finance has the potential to be dry and boring, but Huw will change that. He is on a mission to reach 1M subsc...

TAX TALKS - CREATIVE DRAWINGS MASTERCLASS THE PODCAST HMRC DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR How to LEGITIMATELY reduce your tax bill in 2023 - earn more, draw more, and keep what you make. It is not how much you make but how much you keep. Your first problem… make some money. Your next problem… keep that money. Most entrepreneurs fit into one of two camps once they create a profitable business: they engage...

SMALL BUSINESS BIG MARGINS - IS THAT YOU OR YOUR EGO TALKING? Most entrepreneurs believe growth is the answer, bigger is better, and more revenue will solve their problems. They chase an elusive 'there' and base their success on the size of the business. The reality is that big businesses come with big problems, more revenue does not mean more profit, and for most there is no pot of gold at the en...

THE THREE QUESTIONS - TURN ROMANCE INTO REALITY 1 month into 2023  Most entrepreneurs have forgotten their objectives for 2023 already, but you still have time to have your best financial year on record! We are already 1 month into the new year, but fortunately we still have 2 months until the new FINANCIAL year starts. If you want to have your BEST financial year on record then you need to listen...

ONE YEAR NO BEER - 365 DAYS OFF THE SAUCE Too many entrepreneurs use alcohol to escape or ease the stress and pressures of work and life, and end up feeling hungover and sluggish all year round. Is alcohol adding to your life or detracting from it? Do you resent the amount you drink? Do you lack the self control to stop at one? In 2022 I committed to changing my relationship with alcohol for one y...

DRAWINGS MASTERCLASS BULLSH*T BAFFLES BRAINS Most entrepreneurs are paying way too much tax, missing the quick wins, and overcomplicating how they take money from the business. There is a big difference between making money and taking money, and in this episode we are going to blast the bullsh*t and make this simple for you to understand and implement. As self assessment submission month is here i...

NEW YEAR NEW RULES - KEEP IT SIMPLE Most entrepreneurs continue to make the same mistakes day in, day out. They spend more than they save, keep accruing debt, and have no financial plan. A new year is coming and we have an opportunity to reset the bar. If you want to increase your wealth over 2023 it is not multi million pounds deals which will do it, it is a simple set of financial rules that you...

TOP 5 PODCASTS - THANK YOU FOR LISTENING We launched the Ultimate FD Podcast at the start of 2022 and have since built up 1,000s of followers and monthly listens. We now have 45 episodes available on all major platforms. To help guide you to podcast gold, in this episode I run through our Top 5 Podcasts of 2022 by downloads and share some of the key lessons from them. It does not surprise me that...

MAN BEHIND THE MIC - BEHIND THE SCENES In this episode I am interviewed by good friend Mr Mark Barrett for the Official Property Entrepreneur podcast. He probes into my 6 year journey in starting, scaling, systemising, and selling my business. Major life events can change the course of everything and after the birth of my first child, I decided to tap out at the top and sell. Have I ever looked ba...

LIMITED COMPANY CHAOS - DO YOU REALLY NEED ANOTHER LIMITED COMPANY? If you have intercompany loans coming out of your ears and a never ending list of companies you can never get on top of, this one's for you. Less companies, less noise, less fees. Most entrepreneurs have an overly complicated group structure which sounds good on paper but commercially costs them more than they save.  Do you really...

ARE YOU SERIOUS? SERIOUS ENTREPRENEURS ONLY Most entrepreneurs totally miss hit the bookkeeping and accounting system in their business and end up reviewing useless out of date data on an ad hoc basis. If you want to be a serious entrepreneur you need to transition to a finance driven business (not business driven finances) no matter if you are just starting out or an established national company....

PERFECT YOUR PRICING - SMALL BUSINESS, BIG MARGINS Most entrepreneurs are underpricing and as a result are overworked and underpaid. Would you rather have 100 customers paying £100 or 10 customers paying £1,000? The aim of the game is a small business with big margins and the way to get there is to raise your prices! Entrepreneurs who solve big problems get paid the big bucks, and your pricing jou...

BROKE TO BEACH 'I used to worry about buying a coffee'. Most entrepreneurs will not achieve in a lifetime what this very special guest achieved in 2 years! When Harry started he was literally broke, worrying about buying coffee. He decided to go on a journey to create a lifestyle business that would cash flow to cover his London lifestyle. He started from nothing and in just 2 years, he not only s...

TRIPLE THE BUSINESS, HALF THE TIME, QUINTUPLE THE PROFITS - WITH SAM GASKIN WANT MORE MONEY, FAMILY TIME, HOLIDAYS, AND SUN? WHO DOESN'T? Most entrepreneurs are overworked, underpaid and unhappy. Most will NEVER achieve what our special guest this week has achieved. In just 3 years, Sam has developed a professional team, moved from working in the business to on it, tripled in size, whilst halving...

ZERO TO HERO - LOADS OF REVENUE BUT NO PROFIT Most entrepreneurs are building businesses that do not make any money and there are too many who have a LOT of revenue and very little to show for it in bottom line profit. Mo and his business partner James were in this boat. They had seven figure revenues, but very little idea on how much of that was actually being transformed into profit. The bank ba...

MY TOP 10 LESSONS LEARNED OF 2021-22 In a year where I ran a marathon, gave up alcohol, almost ran out of money, sold my business, saw my little girl turn 1, became a digital nomad, and became the ULTIMATE FD what were my biggest lessons learned? You are about to find out! In this episode I share the highest value lessons from my experiences in the hope they add value to you and your life. Some ar...

HOW TO RETIRE  INVESTING IN THE STOCK MARKET… MADE EASY… IN A CRISIS This is a CLASSIC re-release of The ULTIMATE FD Podcast with special guest Damien Fogg. The rules in this episode are timeless hence re-releasing at a time where investors are starting to review their share portfolio. In this episode we are joined by published author, financial advisor and self confessed potty mouth Damien Fogg....

SIX FIGURES IN 90 MINUTES - DO YOU KNOW YOUR RATE? Most entrepreneurs get paid less than minimum wage for double the stress. The aim of the game is to move from busy fool to well paid entrepreneur, work less and earn more, bottom line time! In this episode we deep dive into your HOURLY RATE which is without a doubt one of the most important tools in your tool box. If you are not tracking this accu...

BOTTOM LINE TIME - DID SOMEONE SAY LUCRATIVE?! There is no better feeling than having built and then owning a lucrative, leveraged business.     Every month you get paid MORE doing LESS work and you continually have to pinch yourself.  This is just the beginning, what could not get any better, gets better every single month and you cannot quite believe it. BOTTOM LINE TIME!!! Luck does not get you...